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God is good all the time, and one of the ways He has shown His goodness to the body of believers here at Grace Alive! was to lead us to a new location! We have arranged to lease space in the Rainbow Restoration and Rocky Ridge Outlet Mall that was built on the South side of Interstate 94 in Albany. The yellow boxed area is the space God has lead us to lease.
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It didn't look like much at first, but as you can see in the next two pictures, this 50'X50' area is starting to take shape. Remember that the "CHURCH" isn't a building. The true church is the people who make up the family of God, and this facility is just one more tool to use to help God's children have a place to build intimate relationships with each other and with Him.
We pray that this facility is a place to come to be encouraged, to be equipped, and to be prepared to meet the challenges we all face each day in a fallen world. We hope that you will come to praise our Great and Loving God while enjoying warm fellowship and a hot cup of coffee (and other beverages of course).
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Things are moving along. We now have our nursery and children's rooms, a church office, painted walls, a back entrance door, and soon we will even have carpeting and ceiling tiles! God is SO good.
The large window on the left side of the picture is an observation window that we installed so parents can peek in the nursery to check on their child(ren). This window will have one-way privacy film installed on it for this purpose. The open doorway leads to the children's church area.
There is also a bathroom located between the children's church room and the nursery to allow for safety and convenience for parents and their children.
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This is the view of the sanctuary from the pulpit area. You can see the back entrance door (which we hope we can eventually upgrade to a double glass door) in the back of the picture. The wall is angled to allow visibility to the entrance from the pulpit for added security of the facility.
You can see the nursery observation window on the wall (just to the left of the beam that is behind one of the chairs God provided!). The area to the left of the sign (next to beam on back wall) is going to be for our coffee/snack/fellowship counter.
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We are now in our new facility! Praise God and thanks to all who were so faithful helping with all the painting, sweeping, ceiling tiles, setting up sound, decorating, hauling, cleaning, planning etc. etc. etc.
But the building work is still not done! We still need to be diligent in prayer, in outreach, and in buiding relationships!
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